Aboriginal.

Primary Artist

Margaret Cilento (1923–2006)

Title

Aboriginal.

Other titles

Boxer

Date made

1948

Place made

North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York, Atelier 17, 41E 8th St View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving in hard ground printed with plate-tone

Matrix size

13.9 x 17.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

paper

Support size

25.4 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

2/8

Edition information

edition of 8

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Margaret Cilento/1948'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Aboriginal'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '2/8'

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso centre in black pencil, '3 gns'.

Subject description

Portrait of an Aboriginal man.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

78879

Accession number

84.1354

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, September 1984; From the exhibition, 'Margaret Cilento: Prints and drawings 1946-53', Sydney: Garry Anderson Gallery, April - 13 May 1984, cat, no., 8.

Credit line

Purchased 1984

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Cilento, Margaret. | (1923–2006) Australian | Female | artist

Atelier 17. | (1927–1988) American | French | Organisation | print workshop

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013